Maria Theresa Alves
Artist, writer and human rights organizer from Brazil, 1961.<\/p>\n
– Founder of the Brazilian Information Center in New York, documentation and publication of human rights abuses in Brazil.
– Representative of Brazilian indigenous peoples to the United Nations’ Human Rights Committee in Geneva. Alves presented the first documentation on human rights violations of indigenous peoples of Brazil to the United Nations.
– Liason in New York (1981) for Partido dos Trabalhadores (Workers’ Party).
– Co -founder of the Partido Verde (Green Party) of Sao Paulo, Brazil(1987).<\/p>\n
Alves has exhibited in (selected):
Zerynthia\/ Italy, Werkleitz Biennale\/Germany, Gallery 101\/Montreal, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa\/Venezia, BueroFriedrich\/Berlin, Haus der Kulturen der Welt \/Berlin, Villa Medici\/ Rome, Venice Biennale, TaideMuseo\/Pori, Museum in Progress \/Vienna, Insite\/ Tijuana-San Diego, Kunstwerkt \/Munich, Steirischer Herbst\/Graz, Boxx \/Brussels, Beursschouwburg \/Brussels, Central Space Gallery \/London, New Museum of Contemporary Art\/New York, Temistocles 44\/Mexico City, Casa del Lago\/Mexico City, La Estacion Gallery\/Cuernavaca, Bienal de Habana, and Kenkeleba House \/New York.<\/p>\n
Alves has been awarded:
DAAD grant in Berlin, Artist in Resident Stipendium at Jan Van Eyck Akademie in the Netherlands, Artist in Resident Stipendium by the Helsinki International Artist’s Program and a grant from the Flemish Cultural Department of Brussels<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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